# pantun
## English
### Etymology

From Malay pantun.

### Noun

pantun (plural pantuns)
* Synonym of pantoum

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay pantun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpantʊn]
* Hyphenation: pan‧tun

### Noun

pantun (plural pantun-pantun)
* (poetry) pantoum: a poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next.
* sarcasm, specifically indirect reference.
    Synonyms: sarkasme, sindiran
* (archaic) synonym of jawab (“answer”)
* (drama) a Sundanese oral narrative performance.

#### Derived terms

* berpantun
* berpantun-pantun
* memantuni
* memantunkan
* pemantun
* sepantun
* pantun berkait
* pantun kilat
* pantun rantai

### Further reading

* “pantun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

pantun
* Romanization of ꦥꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

## Malay
### Etymology

According to Za'aba, the word is thought to evolve from the Malay word sepantun (Jawi: سڤنتون) meaning 'same as'.
Another theory suggests that the word originated from penuntun (“guider”), from noun-building prefix peng- and the verb tuntun (“to guide”). Alternatively, Brandstetter suggested that the word originates from Malay tun and its similar sounding variants in Austronesian languages, with multiple meanings; Kapampangan tuntun (“well organized”), Tagalog tonton (“skillful arrangement”), Old Javanese tuntun (“thread”), atuntun (“well arranged”), matuntun (“to lead”), and Toba Batak pantun (“polite; worthy of respect”). Winstedt supported this opinion, noting that in many Austronesian languages, words which suggest 'something set out in rows' gradually gain the new meaning of 'well-arranged words', in prose or in poetry. Ari Welianto suggested that the word is originated from Minangkabau patuntun (“guide”). Compare with Acehnese pantôn.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -un
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### Noun

pantun (Jawi spelling ڤنتون, plural pantun-pantun, informal 1st possessive pantunku, 2nd possessive pantunmu, 3rd possessive pantunnya)
* (poetry) pantoum

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: pantun
* → English: pantun
* → French: pantoum

### References

* ↑ Za'aba (1962). Ilmu Mengarang Melayu (Malay Writing Skills). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
* ↑ “sepantun”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu, 2021 January 17 (last accessed)
* ↑ Hirsch, Edward (2014). A Poet's Glossary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. →ISBN.
* ↑ “penuntun”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu, 2021 January 17 (last accessed)
* ↑ “tuntun”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu, 2021 January 17 (last accessed)
* ↑ Hirsch, Edward (2014). A Poet's Glossary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. →ISBN.
* ↑ Ari Welianto (2020 March 3) “Struktur dan Jenis Pantun”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎ (in Indonesian), retrieved 2020-09-19

### Further reading

* “pantun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Sundanese
### Noun

pantun (Sundanese script ᮕᮔ᮪ᮒᮥᮔ᮪)
* A story or ballad from a legend
    Synonyms: carita, hikayat
    Pantun Mundinglaya DikusumahLegend of Mundinglaya Dikusumah

#### Usage notes

* This word is an example of a false friend between Sundanese and Malay/Indonesian. The Sundanese word equivalent to Malay/Indonesian pantun can be seen in 'sisindiran'.

### See also

* sisindiran

### Further reading

* "PANTOEN", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij